<p>Greetings from the Yale SCEA thread… Good luck to all of you! Hang in there!</p>
<p>My FA status was updated last night. Message box was removed. Only Documents box is available and shows received/not received.</p>
<p>Good luck from the Cornell [ED] pool, we’re panicking too. :(</p>
<p>is everyone’s message box removed?</p>
<p>this is not healthy for me. i feel like i’m going to get a heart attack. i feel too darn nervous.</p>
<p>Me too!!! My brain’s finding it impossible to concentrate. I had a half day today and have gotten absolutely nothing done. I wish they could’ve surprised us with the decision.</p>
<p>I have never truly wanted anything this much… To gain admission to Columbia would be dream come true. Everything around me reminds me of this dream…I wish you all the best of luck and hopefully tomorrow will amount to the best christmas present ever.</p>
<p>oh and yeah my message box was removed as well…I have read way too much into the financial aid emails…I even came to wonder if there was any correlation between Columbia asking for my financial aid forms and me being actually admitted. I hope for the best and regardless of what happens tomorrow I know I’m going to be in tears…hopefully tears of joy :)</p>
<p>here is a countdown!
[Countdown</a> Clock](<a href=“Countdown Clock”>Countdown Clock)</p>
<p>the countdown exacerbates my heart attack symptoms…</p>
<p>How many Columbia applicants on this thread are full International Baccalaureate diploma candidates?</p>
<p>Uh oh… I still have a message box. What does that mean?</p>
<p>Cinderella: I am.</p>
<p>I have no idea what it means to have or not have the message box…but the wait is driving me insane. 
Tomorrow is going to be torturous to get through…</p>
<p>OK document box people: what do your last names start with? Maybe this is alphabetical?</p>
<p>what did the message box contain? the same thing as the letter/email?</p>
<p>Espresso: that’s really cool that your full IB…I’m hoping it made a significant difference (I’m graduating with a Bilingual IB Diploma b/c I’m taking the higher level spanish and english). Full IB is regarded as the most rigorous course work available at my school, and considering that my school is the only IB school in the county, then maybe I have a chance. No one at my school has gotten into Columbia since 2006…</p>
<p>cccangirl:
My last name starts with an ‘A’ …</p>
<p>What do you think my chances are:</p>
<p>High school: one of the most prestigious private high schools in the nation</p>
<p>SAT: 2200 (730 cr/ 710 m/ 760 w)
SAT 2’s: 780 math II, 700 math I, 690 physics
GPA: 4.3/4.6 (weighted)
Rank not given</p>
<p>EC’s: (only the major ones)</p>
<p>-EIC of school newspaper
-Recognized as one of the top high school jazz musicians in my state by the state’s music educators association
-Senior rep on student council
-All-state/region jazz band
(among others)</p>
<p>Rec’s: one was excellent. the other was very good. I’m not sure about the counselor rec…</p>
<p>Your thoughts?</p>
<p>cccangirl- mine starts with a p.</p>